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Escape to the City : Fugitive Slaves in the Antebellum Urban South / Viola Franziska Müller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Müller, Viola Franziska, 1987- author.
- Series:
- North Carolina scholarship online.
- North Carolina scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fugitive slaves--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Fugitive slaves.
- Free Black people--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Free Black people.
- Slavery--Southern States--History.
- Slavery.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- 'Escape to the City' examines runaways who camouflaged themselves among the free Black populations in Baltimore, Charleston, New Orleans, and Richmond. Viola Franziska Müller reveals how urbanization, work opportunities, and the interconnectedness of free and enslaved African Americans determined how successfully runaways could remain invisible to authorities.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Rethinking Slave Flight
- Chapter One: The Urgency to Escape
- Chapter Two: The Making of the New Fugitive Slave
- Chapter Three: Receiving Communities, Illegality, and the Absence of Freedom
- Chapter Four: Navigating the City
- Chapter Five: Finding Work, Remaining Poor
- Chapter Six: Urban Politics and Black Labor
- Conclusion: The Ambiguities of Illegality
- Notes
- Bibliography
- General Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- L
- M
- N
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- W
- Index of Names
- K
- O
- Q
- V
- Y
- Index of Occupations and Work
- W.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on January 12, 2024).
- Also issued in print: 2022.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Müller, Viola Franziska Escape to the City
- ISBN:
- 9798890863089
- 9798890863096
- 9781469671079
- 1469671077
- 9781469671086
- 1469671085
- OCLC:
- 1344159752
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